Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-01

DAILY HERALD
VERONA BALDWIN.
Continuance Of Her Very
Interesting Testimony.
LUCKY BALDWIN'S CHARACTER
How She Was Taken to the In
sane Asylum in
Oregon.
VERONA BALDWIN.
LUCKY BALDWIN's CHARACTER

ehlu Suc WAS hcCOHu COuslu W lIs ~ Daiu
win. First saw 4. J. Baldwin at tn
steamship landing in San Francisco. II
wrote me to come to California, and of
fered me position as teacher, and
came at his solicitation. He drove m
to the Baldwin Hotel, where he intro
duced me to his wife as his secont
cousin, and also to DR.. Bowie, to th,
clerk of the hotel, to Fred Dexter, ant
Others whose names l do not remember
staid at the Baldwin Hotel until W,
went to the Santa Anita ranch; went il
company with his wife and DIR. Bowie, o.
San Francisco. He promised me thu
position should be obtained. did no
get the school. He spoke to the school
directors He spoke to me on two diff
ferent times. The last time he said he
had told the directors not to give me
the school, and he told me he wanted
me 10 take the place OF housekeeper.
He used me in unlawful cohabitatiOn
against my wishes. There were num-
ber of unpleasant occurrences. Silas,
his body servant, came to me and made
propositions which we're an insult to me.
He told me that Z. j. Baldwin did not
want me to be treated in proper way.
He said he knew l was e. j. 5 mistress.
Silas said: "If you will treat me as
you treat h. j., l will wait
on you as though you were . queen. !"
I was Baldwin's guest when l went
there. received money from Baldwin,
but had deposited it with him. He
make me sign a receipt, to make it ap.
pear as if he gave me the money. l left
santa Anita after the affair with Silas.
l came to Los Angeles. l then went to
San Francisco direct. In San Francisco
/ shot E. J. Baldwin at the Baldwin
Hotel. I saw him on the day before,
when he told me if ever exposed him he
would see that I was put in an insane
asylum, and kept there all my life.
I did xpose him. The next day l was
arrested by q special officer for shooting
e. j. Baldwin. I told the people be
bad used me unlawfully at his ranch;
that he had conspired in different ways
10 annoy me and injure me; that l
brooded over the injuries and had been
insane for one day. I was tried and ac-
quilted.
TO THE ASYLUM.
Giles H. Gray was my principal law
yer. After was acquitted they took
me by brute force and put me on board
The steamer for Oregon. l threw my
money overheard and told the Captain
h ould not 60. / started to 60 ashore,
and Giles H. Gray pushed me on board
the steamer. He said: "Don'tyo let
her came ashore" was sane then and
capable of taking care OF myself, and
had a good position offered me as
cashier of bank. The steamer left on
Giles H. Gray came to be
my attorney because l had :, ne to see
rim to start civil proceeding against K
!. Baldwin. He told me to come and
lee him the next day. l went to him
and he was busy. The next day shot
Baldwin. 1 did not care for any attorney
Tor my defense. After the shooting, Mr..
Gray came to me and said he was sorry
be did not see me. He said: "You
must be defended; will you allow me to
20 on with your case?" I said Eyes.
He asked me about my relatives, and
after finding out their financial condi-
lion be wrote to the one who had the
most money; and she had written to say
she would pay every dollar expended in
my behalf.
THE INSANITY GROUND.
Gray and Hewitt came to me and told
me that my relations and e. j wanted me
tried on the ground Of insanity. l did
not want to be tried on that ground.
Some portions of the time between 1879
and 1882 believe was insane. l was
made SO by his prosecutions. His treat
ment of me was the main cause of my
In 1879, when l was at Mrs.
some one said he was refused
credit for couple of majolica vases. He
was supposed to be immensely wealthy,
but the property was fixed SO that his
creditors could net get it. The
public told me that his con.
duct was immoral, but they
never told me until after had quarrel
with him. l know of him having inter-
course with other of his kinswomen than
his wife. I saw him in connection with
q woman whom he acknowledged was
kinswoman. 1t was in his private room
at the Santa Anita ranch. 1t was in the
latter part of May in 1879. She was
brought by him from Indiana. She
came to the Santa Anita ranch in com.
pany of f. j. Baldwin. She was brought
there to be the housekeeper. She was
not housekeeper at that time. She was
living with her brother, Mr.. Kelly, un.
til she was to take charge of the house.
l suppose she was at the ranch on a
visit. l was confined in an insane asy.
lum and was sent there unlawfully, con
trary to the laws of the United States
I shot him after he made the threat,
then l was arrested, then I was placed
on steamer, then / was taken forcibly
from the steamer and driven to the in
sane asylum without my father OF any
of my relatives being Informed. of my
presence in New Tacom... l believI
these are sufficient gr ouhds for arrestins
man for cons.rr rr,racy against my life AM
liberty.
CROSS. .EXAMINATIoN.
/ was tried without any OF my friend
or relatives being informed. Not eve
NV father knew 1 WAS thStO' S'-'
down from Oregon at his invitation an
/ am not proud of my relation to him.
don't remember the date OF the Occur
renee of my unlawful cohabltation on tn
ranch. 1 did not want anybod
to know that any such indecencies ha
occurred between relatives. and l di
not try to remember it. 1t was NOR
than q month before I left there. ltwa
prior to the time. l had thu intervie'
with Silas. l left as soon after the II
teryiew as it was possible to g.
away. 1 did not take down that inte
view in short hand. Silas did not sa
anything to me about any relations wit
a doctor. He did not treat me respee
fully. He would not ever get up m
horse, and some one cut off the tall
nv horse, and rode him at night. Iwe1
to A picnic and sat apart from the re
and thew wonld not let me read. VIII
we went home was In hurry and TO
not my books. They would not get
n horse to 90 back after him. Mr.. n
1f tho rannh. t(